Now the leggy blonde has her sights set on becoming Britain’s next top actress.

The bisexual babe has given the green light to directors around the globe by admitting that she’s up for filming X-rated sex scenes.

But that doesn’t mean Cara is a pushover or will allow her sizzling sexuality to be used to boost revenue or ratings.

The stick-thin English rose says she has her own moral code which she will not break.

While Cara admits that hundreds of film and TV bosses are inundating her with offers, the sharp and charismatic woman can spot when her star power is being exploited.

She smiles calmly: “If I look at a script and I have to be naked... there’s just things that I look for that I automatically know if I want to do it or not.

“If you want to work with a good director and be in a good cast but you have to do certain things you don’t want to do, do you cross that line or not?

“I have morals that I want to keep.”

“If there’s some sex scenes? Well, if it’s a role I really loved then I’d do it, for the sake of art, always”

Cara Delevingne

That said, she quickly adds: “If there’s some sex scenes? Well, if it’s a role I really loved then I’d do it, for the sake of art, always.”

Most people haven’t heard Cara talk and know little about her other than the public persona she plays up in the media – the grungy, wild young woman often seen partying with her mates and enjoying a lesbian romance with Hollywood star Michelle Rodriguez. In reality, she’s an incredibly well spoken Londoner whose upper-class family – her grandmother was Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting and her dad Charles is a property tycoon – have instilled in her a no-nonsense attitude.

Speaking at the launch of the Sky Arts series Playhouse Presents, in which she makes her UK acting debut, Cara admits: “I see people when I do things like this and they’re like ‘You’re just a model.’

“People do that and I’m totally fine with it because I am totally ready to prove I’m more than that.”

Her co-star in the show, Sylvia Syms, even branded her a “model tart” on their first day together.

But after successfully navigating the cut-throat world of modelling, it was water off a duck’s back. “The first thing Sylvia said to me was, ‘I hear you’re some model tart,’” she says, bursting out laughing. “It was the best moment ever. It was brilliant.”

Cara admits acting is her “first love”.

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She fell into modelling by accident, but it helped her cope with the harsh rejections she faced as a jobbing actress.

The beauty, who says acting “is like taking a holiday from myself,” admits: “The rejection, it’s a tough thing to get over. That, for me, was the worst thing.

“I started auditioning for movies before I started modelling but I couldn’t deal with the rejection. When I got turned down for something it would take me weeks to get over it. Now I care, but it’s less of a hit.”

Cara, who confirms she has landed a part in the latest Hollywood remake of Peter Pan, knows what roles she’s after.

And she firmly believes there should be more for “strong women”.

“I think there are a lot more, stronger female parts that can be played, a lot more writing can be done for strong women,” she says.

So what sort of role is she after?

“Maybe a superhero, or just a female that is strong, who hasn’t been broken down, or have someone die, or be raped, or go through all of that to become strong. To be able to see that would be incredible.”

If looks to die for and a natural talent in front of the camera weren’t enough, Cara is also a decent singer. She’s being mentored by superstar Pharrell Williams and plans to record an album when she can “fit it in”.

Cara explains: “I’m trying so hard, I could be trying harder to be honest. I take my guitar to every place I go and try and write.

“So it just depends when I can get into a studio. I haven’t been in the studio for a while, but it will come.”

Cara may have impeccable credentials and the world at her feet, but don’t worry ladies – she is just as self-critical as every other woman on the planet.

She cringes when she talks about the moment she watched her TV acting debut: “I couldn’t watch it the first time, I couldn’t let anyone watch it,” she admits.

“I couldn’t hear it, see it, it was horrible. It’s the same with my modelling photos as well.”

However, being fiercely self-critical is not a weakness in Cara’s eyes, and is perhaps the key to her rocketing success.

“I’m very critical of myself, but then you’ve always got to improve so I think that’s a good thing,” she finishes, before sashaying out of the room like she’s floating on air.